Picture Of Marijuana Plants Lands Man In Trouble

[nugget]

Author: Melanie Petrinec

Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010

Source: Cairns Post

Copyright: © The Cairns Post

 

 

http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/11/11/1225951/619042-dope-with-his-dope.jpg

 

IT was the happy snap that caught a Cairns man out in a lie.

But when police found this photo of Adam Shane Anderson on his digital camera, during a raid at his Edmonton home on his 21st birthday, it was the least of his problems.

 

They were there to arrest him for threatening to kill a man's dog and harm his family for a $3000 drug debt.

 

Police also found 17 cannabis plants during the January 9 raid, but Anderson told them it was the first time he had successfully grown the drugs.

 

Then they found the photo of him posing with an earlier, healthy and thriving crop.

 

Yesterday, Anderson pleaded guilty in Cairns Supreme Court to six charges, including extortion and producing dangerous drugs.

 

The court heard Anderson had threatened a man who had allegedly shortchanged a mate in a drug deal.

 

Anderson, as the broker of the deal, felt personally responsible and pursued the money vehemently, going as far as kidnapping the man's father's dog.

 

The man who owed the debt left town before the dog's kidnapping after Anderson threatened to harm his wife and children.

 

Police became involved on January 9, and raided Anderson's house to seize his phone from which he had sent a number of threatening text messages.

 

It was there they found the cannabis and photos, Crown prosecutor Roger Griffith said.

 

Defence barrister Barry Murray said Anderson felt ashamed for what he had done.

 

Anderson has been remanded in custody since January and Justice Stanley Jones will sentence him today.

Edited November 10, 2010 by nugget

[smashed1]

poor buger hell be out alot more money now, u lose to many so called friends wen u give em credit , probly abit of jail too

[Chronmasta]

The exact reason to grow ya own.......to not be in the dealing scene.

Both the dealer and the customer should have just had a good old fashion punch`on and farkn get over it....now one of has had to leave town and the other one is going for a lengthy holiday

 

Sticks and stones and all that shit.

 

 

 

 

Me

Edited November 10, 2010 by Chronmasta

[BudJones]

Yesterday, Anderson pleaded guilty in Cairns Supreme Court to six charges, including extortion and producing dangerous drugs.

 

Why don't we just go ahead and take the pharmaceutical companies, the alcohol breweries and the tobacco growers to court and put the lot of them behind bars?

[AvaDGardner]

No one to blame but himself.You dont go doing things that will involve other people and the police while you are growing.That is just asking for trouble.Maybe he should have just kidnapped the bloke in question and given him a good sound flogging,no need to threaten other people who arent involved.

[vivaaa]

FAIL

[Radic]

greetnz

violence is totally unacceptable

and strictly for losers

i canna support that out dated Babylonian BS wayz

imho

as soon as you resort to violence you can say good buy to any $$$ involved

you just forfeited for medical bills

now we have 2 losers

im not saying let em get away free

i am saying violence is not the answer

there are much better ways

stronger together

forward ever

to i friendship is far more valuable than money or herb

 

irey guidance

[Dazz@]

What a Mess!...Some people need Medicating!!!...